Boston, Mass.-- Starry has released its first Starry Connect Impact Report, detailing the company’s work to close the digital divide in public and affordable housing.
Starry designed its Starry Connect program to bring no-cost and ultra-low-cost broadband service to public and affordable housing residents without requiring credit checks, long-term contracts, equipment deposits, individual eligibility requirements (such as household participation in SNAP, WIC or Medicaid) or a lengthy application process. Starry Connect first launched with a pilot program with the Boston Housing Authority in 2018 and today, is available across more than 87,000 units of public and affordable housing in six states.
“The concept of advancing digital equity has always been baked into our company DNA,” said Virginia Lam Abrams, Starry co-founder and Executive Vice President. “Starry Connect is the result of our desire to create a meaningful digital equity program that was not just ‘for a show,’ but a core part of our business and an effective tool in the fight to close the digital gap in our communities. Five years and a global pandemic later, we’re deeply proud of what we have accomplished and know that we still have much more work to do to tackle the persistent gaps in broadband access that plague income-vulnerable communities. On this fifth anniversary of Starry Connect, we’re re-upping our commitment to focus up to 10% of our business on serving public and affordable housing communities so that #InternetForAll can finally become a reality for all.”
Read the full Starry Connect Impact Report here.
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